8 Month Check-in

 Today marks the 8th month mark on this journey, and truly I am still amazed at what God has done in my life! In 2023 I had given up on ever losing very much weight. I was stuck in a cycle of losing some weight and then gaining it back - both were slow but still not doing my body very much good. But 8 months ago, God worked in a huge way in my life, and I am So very thankful! 

Before I get into how much I lost over the last month and how much altogether, I wanted to share that in this journey I have set several goals. These goals have dates of when I want to accomplish them. So, the next goal is to lose 56 pounds by my birthday - since I will be turning 56 years old. The good news is I am only 2 pounds away from reaching that goal- and I have 3 months till my birthday!!! This is great news because my next weight loss goal is for Dec 22nd (or possible 12/31) either of these would be amazing! And right now, I am 15 pounds away from that goal. That is a very manageable goal. I have 3 more goals set up, but I won't bore you with those details till these two goals have been accomplished. 

So that great news is that I have lost 7 pounds since last check in making a total of 54 pounds!! I may have mentioned this in other posts - but I have never lost more than 50 pounds at one time. Only one other time did I lost 50 pounds and fell into my old habits and slowly gained the weight back and probably more. So, making it past 50 pounds is a major accomplishment!! 

I am a part of a WFPB group on Facebook. Someone had shared how they had lost weight, but they were getting awfully thin and wanted to know on a WFPB diet - what can they do to stop the weight loss. Well, my answer was to add more nuts, seeds, avocados and olives. Why? Because these things have good fats and this person needed more good fats in order to stop losing weight. It was funny because then I got some unsolicited advice from several people - Oh NO! don't add those things till you lose all the weight - were the basic message being given to me. I very nicely responded with the facts of losing 50 pounds in the last 7 months - and yes - I eat nuts, seeds, avocados and olive. Not a whole lot of them - but they are sprinkled in here and there throughout the week. Yes- I could lose weight faster by leaving these things off - but I want to lose weight in a sustainable way. In a way that I can keep doing the rest of my life. And by allowing myself to have these yummy goodies - I am giving my body what it needs and doing something I can do the rest of my life. Oh and I also shared that I also make my own bread with freshly milled flour and eat bread every SINGLE day. It would be unrealistic for me to cut out all these things and be able to stick with it. Our bodies need the nutrients from all of these things.   

So 8 months in and I am still SO thankful that God has led me to this lifestyle. I know it is the best for my body and for my health and the beautiful benefit has been weight loss. And getting closer to my ultimate goal every day!!